Octoprint container in Debian Windows WSL 2 and Docker Desktop

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 02:45:10 +0000

Here’s a list of steps to get octoprint to run within a container on Windows. I happen to have a windows system running next to my ender so instead of infinitely waiting for a raspberry pi I decided to run octoprint in a container within windows - if possible. Using Debian was a challenge, but I prefer it over Ubuntu, so I took the extra time to figure it out. Enjoy!

Docker volume backup and restore the easy way.

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:06:02 +0000

I haven’t had to move docker volumes around in a few years, but I finally had the need today. As usual, I searched for the process, knowing that most examples are… well… not very good. Well, as I almost resorted to pulling a manual job using ubuntu, I found a great write-up by Jarek Lipski on Medium. Here’s how you backup using alpine and tar. Also, make sure you “docker stop” the containers that use the volume, so you get a consistent backup.

Howto on kenops

Octoprint container in Debian Windows WSL 2 and Docker Desktop

Docker volume backup and restore the easy way.